Our Emmah

Today, Emmah, Nick and I went to meet with the neurologist. To recap for some, in October, Emmah had a grand mal seizure. She was taken to the ER via ambulance. We did an MRI, and an EEG, and today was the day that we got the "results."
I dropped Dasher off at our friends' house, so he could ride the bus with their daughter. I am thankful for them, because this way, Dasher did not have to miss any school, for his sister. I told Emmah that she was going to the doctor, but we were only going to talk to him, no pokes, or anything like that. I was taken off guard, because when they called us back, the nurse weighed her, 40 pounds, measured her head 20 in, and then took her blood pressure. Emmah handled all three things fine. She was very quiet all morning, which is not like her at all. Before the nurse left, she got out a gown, and told me to put this on her, and wait for the doctor. That is when Emmah got nervous. She started crying and would not leave my side. She chose me over daddy, which again, is not like her. I felt bad, because I could've warned her about what was happening, and I was just curious if they were going to run more tests or what.
We only waited a few minutes until Dr. Konkel came in. I was also glad to see all of his prestigious awards on the wall. He is a pediatric neurologist, and he has received "Dr. of the Year" and chosen as "one of the best doctors in America." Good to know our daughter is good hands. He talked with us about the seizure, asked me a ton of questions about my pregnancy with her, her delivery, growth, developmental progress, and much more. We answered, and then he just did some reflex tests, had her run down the hall, jump on one foot and things like that. We then got to see the MRI scan. Pretty neat to see your daughter's brain. The neatest was the profile, because as they scanned out to her profile, it really was Emmah, and not just some random brain.
The MRI to me looked clear, but that is why I am not "brain" doctor. The arrow was pointing to this tiniest spec on the right of her brain, which Dr. Konkel ruled out as being a tumor. A huge sigh of relief. The craziest thing was that this "spec" is on her right side, but in her EEG the abnormal spikes were on her left side. Who knows!?!?
So the official diagnosis. Since Emmah has had supposedly two seizures, ( one I came in after, the other I witnessed) that were not caused from sickness, fever, or falling etc. she was diagnosed with epilepsy. We put her on a medicine that calms the brain to prevent them from happening again. This of course is not the best news parents want to hear, but it is also not the worst news either. So we medicate and monitor and in three months see the doctor again. He did say, she could outgrow this, but only time will tell.
I am so thankful for our beautiful daughter. She is a great girl to be around, and we love her very much. This is just a stepping stone we have to get over. She is good hands, and I know that our Father in Heaven is watching over her, and us as parents to ensure that she gets the best care possible.
Oh, and just a side note. Before Emmah was NOT happy about having another baby, but now she is excited, and I know that she will be the best big sister to her little sister.